<p>My name is Tyler Morris, I'm a female first year college student at James Madison University. I'm trying to transfer into the College of Arts and Sciences for Fall of 2011. I'm a Psychology/Pre-med major, and I just wanted to get an idea of the kind of shot I have...</p>
<p>Taking 5 classes this semester (psychology, global politics, philosophy, college algebra, communications), and next semester I'll be taking another 5 (chemistry, statistics, biology, comparative literature, kinesiology)--I've already checked UVa's transfer credit evaluator and all of those transfer, so I should have a total of 30 credits by the end of my freshman year here.</p>
<p>So far I have straight A's, will update this thread with final grades.
My high school GPA was around a 3.6, but I took 5 IB's my junior year and 4 IB's my senior year. I have plenty of EC's from high school and in college so far I'm in the Pre-Med Association (just founded a Make a Wish program for the nearby hospital) and I'm in the Psychology Club, soon to be in the Quidditch club (haha :) )</p>
<p>My SAT is a 1910, my ACT is a 27...thinking of retaking the ACT to raise to at least a 29.</p>
<p>What do you guys think? I'd really appreciate any criticism.</p>
<p>also, my uncle aunt and grandma went there. Thanks guys!</p>
<p>Hi Tyler,</p>
<p>I’m a current Psych/Pre-Med student (3rd year) here at UVA and I just transferred in this fall from NVCC. You have a nice range of classes and good scores on both the SAT and ACT and your GPA is pretty good. I think for you its going to come down to your personal statement and transfer essays. Your accomplishments are pretty impressive, but since the UVA admissions office doesn’t do interviews you really need to stand out in your writing. Also, take into careful consideration who will be writing your recommendation letters.</p>
<p>On another note, this may be early and something you will discuss with your faculty advisor once you get here is if you want to go to grad/med school. If you do, then I wouldn’t rely too much on your high school grades to get you through your gen ed. requirements because grad/med schools want to see college level coursework because they cannot assume that all high school teach equally, even if you did really well in your IB courses (silly, I know). Just something to think about.</p>
<p>Lastly be prepared to take calculus (applied or AB/CD) and if you want to talk more or if you have any more questions, just send me a private message and I can give you my email address.</p>
<p>Best,
Lauren</p>